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Hall of Fame quarterback and Mississippi native Brett Favre is under fire for no-showing a pair of appearances he was supposed to make for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program in his home state.
Favre is paying back the $1.1 million in funds, which were discovered to be misappropriated during an audit of the Mississippi welfare system.
But Favre insisted he would never intentionally skip out on engagements (via Darin Gantt of Pro Football Talk):
Article Continues Below“It’s just ridiculous,” Favre said. “I in no way did anything wrong and wouldn’t do anything wrong or would take any money (this way). I’ve never no-showed anyone as far as speaking engagements or commercials or anything of that nature. That’s ridiculous. And what I would have liked for the tax auditor to do — I don’t know him — would have been for him to contact us and talk about it and express what he had [in terms of] the documents from his investigation. ‘This is what we have.’ Rather than broadcast it everywhere.
“For him to say I took $1.1 million and didn’t show up for speaking engagements is absolutely, 100 percent not true. But yes, we are paying it back.”
Favre also stated he had no knowledge of the source of the funds, instead believing he was being paid for other measures.
This story gets more confusing all the time, though evidently, the case is rife with fraud.
No further details have emerged to suggest Favre is guilty of criminal wrongdoing. However, there is likely to be a more thorough investigation into the matter in the coming weeks.
